| HI | HB388 | Pass | Adopts the National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard. Requires the Department of Education to obtain instructional materials in accessible formats for eligible students. (CD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-07 Act 254, 07/07/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1357). |
| HI | HB819 | Pass | Designates limu kala (Sargassum echinocarpum) as the official Hawaii state limu. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-06 Act 230, 07/06/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1333). |
| HI | HB307 | Pass | Allows the department of agriculture to extend the agricultural park lease of any lessee who holds a lease with a remaining term of fifteen years or less, if the land covered by the lease is twenty-five acres or less and located in a county with a po... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-05 Act 213, 07/05/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1316). |
| HI | HB695 | Pass | Allows the use of battery-charged security fences used for non-agricultural purposes, under certain circumstances. (CD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-05 Act 214, 07/05/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1317). |
| HI | HB615 | Pass | Clarifies that any provision in a private agreement contained in a conveyance of land recorded on or before 7/8/2003 that have since expired but have not been renewed and recorded in the bureau of conveyances are prohibited from restricting bona fide... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-05 Act 219, 07/05/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1322). |
| HI | HB953 | Pass | Requires DLNR to develop and publish a website and mobile application that includes the application processes, including a means of collecting any fees, for a permit, license, or reservation needed to conduct recreational and commercial activities in... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-05 Act 182, 07/03/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1285). |
| HI | HB1184 | Pass | Allows agencies to rank fewer than three persons for professional services when fewer than three qualified persons respond to the solicitation or request to use alternative procurement procedures when no qualified person responds to the solicitation.... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-05 Act 188, 07/03/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1291). |
| HI | HB961 | Pass | Expands the types of entities from which a Preschool Open Doors service provider may obtain accreditation. Beginning 1/1/2024, expands the Preschool Open Doors Program application process to eligible 3year-old children. (CD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-03 Act 171, 07/03/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1274). |
| HI | HB960 | Pass | Explicitly includes prekindergarten facilities within the scope of authority of the School Facilities Authority. Transfers $200,000,000 of general funds previously appropriated to the School Facilities Authority of the Department of Education to the ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-03 Act 175, 07/03/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1278). |
| HI | HB264 | Pass | Makes intentionally or knowingly causing bodily injury to a sports official a class C felony. Authorizes a court to enjoin the offender from attending any sports event of the type at which the sports official was engaged in the lawful discharge of th... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-30 Act 140, 06/29/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1243). |
| HI | HB954 | Pass | Increases the household and dependent care services tax credit for five years. Increases the refundable earned income tax credit for five years. Increases the income thresholds and credit amounts of the refundable food/excise tax credit for five year... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-30 Act 163, 06/30/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1266). |
| HI | HB950 | Pass | Authorizes psychiatrists or advanced practice registered nurses, after examination of a person for assisted community treatment indication, to request assistance from the attorney general to file an assisted community treatment petition. Authorizes t... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-30 Act 153, 06/29/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1256). |
| HI | HB463 | Pass | Lowers the threshold for disclosure of campaign expenditures for noncandidate committees to $500. (CD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-23 Act 122, 06/23/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1223). |
| HI | HB948 | Pass | Establishes a two-year child and adolescent crisis mobile outreach team pilot program on Oahu and one neighbor island site to expand existing crisis response services. Appropriates funds. Sunsets 12/31/2025. (CD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-14 Act 089, 06/14/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1190). |
| HI | HB1183 | Pass | Exempts parking lot operations at state parks and the operation of concessions at certain state parks from the bidding requirements for concessions operating on public property. (CD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-08 Act 072, 06/08/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1172). |
| HI | HB494 | Pass | Subjects organizations that receive motor vehicles as charitable donations to the rights, responsibilities, and liabilities of transferees of the motor vehicle title or interest. (CD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-05 Act 060, 06/05/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1160). |
| HI | HB650 | Pass | Authorizes advanced practice registered nurses to practice medical-aid-in-dying. Authorizes licensed advanced practice registered nurses and clinical nurse specialists with psychiatric or mental health training and licensed marriage and family therap... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-01 Act 043, 06/01/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1143). |
| HI | HB308 | Engross 50% | Establishes the sustainable food systems working group within the Department of Agriculture. Requires the working group to submit a plan, any recommendations for implementing the plan, and any proposed legislation to the Legislature. Appropriates fun... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-28 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-28-23 4:30PM; Conference Room 309 |
| HI | HB314 | Engross 50% | Appropriates funds to the Office of Community Services to fund the purchase, storage, and transportation of food for distribution to the food banks in the State. (SD2) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-28 Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-28-23 4:30PM in conference room 309. |
| HI | HB610 | Engross 50% | Establishes the farm workforce retention tax credit for farm employers or owners of farm employers who employ eligible farm employees. Effective 6/30/3000. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-28 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-28-23 4:30PM; Conference Room 309 |
| HI | HB609 | Engross 50% | Appropriates funds to the Department of Agriculture for costs for its meat inspection program, including the establishment of 1 full-time equivalent (1.0 FTE) inspector program supervisor position and 3 full-time equivalent (3.0 FTE) inspector positi... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-28 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-28-23 4:30PM; Conference Room 309 |
| HI | HB606 | Engross 50% | Requires the Department of Agriculture, in collaboration with other state agencies, to develop and implement a plan by 7/1/2025 to expand the meat processing capacity in the State to allow for meat from axis deer and other wild game to be processed f... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-28 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-28-23 4:30PM; Conference Room 309 |
| HI | HB617 | Engross 50% | Establishes an oral health task force to review the status of oral health in the State and make recommendations to improve the State's oral health infrastructure. Requires reports to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050 and 7/1/205... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-28 Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-28-23 4:30PM in conference room 309. |
| HI | HB612 | Engross 50% | Establishes an income tax credit to alleviate the high costs of production for farmers, ranchers, and fishers and incentivize growth in the agricultural sector in the State. Effective 6/30/3000. Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2023. (S... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-28 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-28-23 4:30PM; Conference Room 309 |
| HI | HB690 | Engross 50% | Establishes the Hawaii agricultural investment program within the Agribusiness Development Corporation to support local agricultural producers. Requires annual reports. Appropriates funds for program and positions. Effective 6/30/3000. (SD2) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-28 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-28-23 4:30PM; Conference Room 309 |
| HI | HB872 | Engross 50% | Appropriates funds to the Executive Office on Aging of the Department of Health for the Hawaii Healthy Aging Partnership. Effective 6/30/3000. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-28 Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-28-23 4:30PM in conference room 309. |
| HI | HB1248 | Engross 50% | Appropriates funds to the Department of Agriculture for the continued administration of the Hawaii healthy food incentive program and to provide matching funds to beneficiaries who participate in the supplemental nutrition assistance program. Effecti... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-28 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-28-23 4:30PM; Conference Room 309 |
| HI | HB1263 | Engross 50% | Repeals language that gives the director of finance discretion to use moneys in the Hawaii ABLE savings program trust fund if the director elects to accept deposits from contributors instead of sending deposits directly to the ABLE program manager. A... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-28 Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-28-23 4:30PM in conference room 309. |
| HI | HB1301 | Engross 50% | Appropriates funds to the University of Hawaii Cancer Center to conduct a multiethnic cohort study focusing on the social determinants of health, lifestyles, environmental exposures, and resilience factors of Native Hawaiians, Pacific Islanders, and ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-28 Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 04-28-23 at 4:30pm in Conference Room 309. |
| HI | HB1300 | Engross 50% | Establishes provisional or associate-level licensure requirements for marriage and family therapists, mental health counselors, and psychologists and authorizes insurance reimbursements in certain circumstances. Requires psychologist license applican... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-28 Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-28-23 4:30PM in conference room 309. |
| HI | HB1396 | Engross 50% | Part I: Establishes and appropriates funds for a county cesspool pilot program in the Department of Health to work with each county to identify a priority area to expand the county sewage system or other centralized treatment system to connect indivi... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-28 Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 04-28-23 at 4:30pm in Conference Room 309. |
| HI | HB1408 | Engross 50% | Establishes the digital equity grant program to award grants to applicants to deploy digital equity projects to covered populations in the State. Appropriates funds. Effective 6/30/3000. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-28 Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-28-23 4:30PM in conference room 309. |
| HI | HB1194 | Engross 50% | Establishes the Hawaii Economic Development District Planning Organization. Designates the Hawaii Economic Development District Planning Organization as the district organization for purposes of implementing the United States Economic Development Adm... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-27 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 883). |
| HI | HB1394 | Engross 50% | Appropriates funds to the Department of Land and Natural Resources for operating costs and personnel to manage certain trailheads as part of the Na Ala Hele trail and access program. Effective 6/30/3000. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-27 Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-28-23 9:45AM in conference room 229. |
| HI | HB1385 | Engross 50% | Part I: Clarifies that the Board of Land and Natural Resources shall not unilaterally amend the terms and conditions of any lease of public lands being extended pursuant to Act 149, Session Laws of Hawaii 2018, except as otherwise provided therein; a... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-25 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 863). |
| HI | HB259 | Engross 50% | Prohibits using geographic origins of coffee in labeling or advertising for roasted or instant coffee that contains less than a certain percentage of coffee by weight from that geographic origin, phased in to a minimum of fifty-one per cent on or aft... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-24 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 975). |
| HI | HB951 | Engross 50% | Deposits funds into the Rental Housing Revolving Fund to be used to provide grants or loans to mixed-income rental projects or units qualifying individuals and families. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-24 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 839). |
| HI | HB1371 | Engross 50% | Appropriates funds to the department of land and natural resources to prepare a master plan for the Sand Island state recreation area. Effective 6/30/3000. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-24 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 839). |
| HI | HB1373 | Engross 50% | Beginning 1/1/2024, requires the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to administer a Workforce Development Incentive Rebate Program that incentivizes local independent film and television productions. Establishes a new Film Stud... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-24 Senate Conferees Appointed: DeCoite Chair; Dela Cruz Co-Chair; Kim, Fevella. |
| HI | HB1409 | Engross 50% | Extends under certain conditions, the family leave period for up to eight weeks for employees who are unable to perform their employment duties due to the birth of a child who is required to stay in a neonatal intensive care unit. Requires the Civil ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-24 Senate Conferees Appointed: Moriwaki Chair; Aquino, Kim Co-Chairs; Fevella. |
| HI | HB852 | Engross 50% | Amends the definition of "eligible business activity" to include the processing of value-added agricultural products grown within an enterprise zone and the development or production of renewable energy. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-20 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 914). |
| HI | HB1193 | Engross 50% | Adds a cap for the amount of tax credits for research activities that an eligible taxpayer and the taxpayer's related entities may receive per taxable year. Consolidates the survey and certification requirements for tax credits for research activitie... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-20 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 914). |
| HI | HCR103 | Pass | Urging All Branches Of The United States Military Operating In Hawaii To Implement Changes In Their Policies To Reduce, To The Extent Possible, The Use Of Products Containing Perfluoroalkyl And Polyfluoroalkyl Substances. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-20 Resolution adopted in final form. |
| HI | HB1395 | Engross 50% | Appropriates funds to the Hawaii Public Housing Authority for the planning and design for new housing units at the Kapaa public housing project site in Kapaa, Kauai. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-19 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 913). |
| HI | HCR11 | Engross 50% | Urging The Counties To Devote Sufficient Funding To Their Respective County Ethics Boards Or Commissions. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-05 To Senate Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs Committee |
| HI | HB949 | Engross 50% | Establishes and appropriates funds for a solar energy storage system loan program to provide asset limited, income constrained, employed households with low-interest loans to purchase and install solar energy storage systems. Establishes and appropri... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-04 The committee on WAM deferred the measure. |
| HI | HR8 | Pass | Urging The Counties To Devote Sufficient Funding To Their Respective County Ethics Boards Or Commissions. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-04 Resolution adopted in final form. |
| HI | HB1201 | Engross 50% | Establishes a private right of action for any person aggrieved by a violation of the Federal Aviation Act and existing federal laws to bring a civil action against the owner or operator of the helicopter in violation and collect damages and litigatio... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-31 The committee on JDC deferred the measure. |
| HI | HB573 | Engross 50% | Excludes from the definition of "drug paraphernalia", testing products utilized in determining whether a controlled substance contains chemicals, toxic substances, or hazardous compounds in quantities that can cause physical harm or death, including ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-30 The committee on JDC deferred the measure. |
| HI | HR109 | Pass | Urging All Branches Of The United States Military Operating In Hawaii To Implement Changes In Their Policies To Reduce, To The Extent Possible, The Use Of Products Containing Perfluoroalkyl And Polyfluoroalkyl Substances. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-30 Resolution adopted in final form. |